Beausanne is the fifth province to join the Empire. Centered on the mountain range known as Otho’s Embrace, it is split between coastal desert caused by the range’s rain shadow and highlands nestled between mountain peaks. Most of the population is centered in these highlands, but some make a living in the vicinity of oases that speckle the desert. Beausanne’s main industry is its mining which is an Imperial powerhouse, with much of the metals used in the Empire originating from Beausanntic mines. Smaller but equally important among its population is herding, with animals such as the alpaca and sheep being the most common, depending on one’s proximity to the Vesparan border. Beyond the territory of the province to the West lies the vast region known as the Western Reach (or the Beausanntic Mark locally), a series of mainland peninsulas and a large archipelago of unexplored islands and rumored havens for Goblins driven out of Imperial territory if folklore is to be believed.